European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday july 13, 1991 Manila philippine up a the Philippines indicated Friday that negotiators might accede to . Demands for a longer lease and lower payments. The United states made the demands following the eruption of mount Pinatubo which caused extensive damage at the bases. A if that proposal is made it would have to be weighed by the panel Jin the Light of All the factors and conditions surrounding the present situation a said philippine foreign Secretary Raul Mang Lapus. The . Embassy announced Friday that special negotiator Richard Armitage will arrive monday for the seventh round of talks aimed at hammering out a base agreement. The current pact ends sept. 16. _ Clark a and Subic Bay naval facilities the oldest and largest . Military facilities overseas suffered severe damage from the june 9 eruption of mount Pinatubo after a 600-year slumber mount Pinatubo continued to belch Ash Laden steam Clouds and shake with hundreds of daily High frequency tremors. Volcanology its said the activity was Likely to continue for the next three years. The6 United states which pulled More than 18,000 americans from Clark and Subic following the first major eruption and has Only ,8,000 service people there has strongly hinted it wanted a longer lease and to pay less in compensation to the Island nation. Before the eruption the Bush administration pro posed a 10 to 12-year Extension of the leases on c Ark and Subic in Exchange for yearly Aid to the Philippines of $360 million. R the Philippines countered with an offer of seven years and an annual compensation of $400 million in Cash Grants and $425 million in debt Relief and Trade Access. A i think the Mountain has added a new Factor and a new dynamics to the negotiations and i think that for an agreement to work we have to take into account its effects a . Ambassador Nicholas Platt said thursday at a rotary club meeting. A Aback in the United states we re closing 80 bases a Platt said. A there Are congressmen and senators from those districts who Are saying even now a How can the United states be negotiating thousands of Miles away for military facilities in the Vicinity of an Active Volcano while you have just closed the base or a ship repair facility in qty own District a a a Platt said. Mang Lapus said thursday that Armitage had told him the United states was considering giving up Clark and retaining Subic. An assessment is being made of the damage to the facilities. Some news reports quoting officials in Washington said it would Cost As much As $800 million to repair Clark and because it was unlikely Congress would provide the Money the air base would have to be abandoned. Houses in one of China a Eastern provinces Are submerged in floodwaters on thursday. Hong Kong to Aid flood victims Hong Kong up a led by the government and local Banks Hong Kong has pledged about $9 million to help victims of devastating flooding in East and Central China. The governments finance committee voted Friday to donate $6.5 million to an International Aid Effort. The Hong Kong and Shanghai banking corp. And the hang seng Bank pledged $659,00 each to help Relief work. Weeks of torrential rain and flooding in East and Central China have left nearly 1,300 people dead in 18 provinces caused about $6 billion in damage and left millions of people  China on thursday issued an urgent worldwide Apical for Relief assistance saying it needed More than 200 million in supplies and other Aid. Donations from Hong Kong business tycoons news Aper drives and local charities swelled to an estimated 1 million by Friday afternoon. Officials said efforts to collect pledges will continue. Hong Kong returns to China a control in 1997 at the expiration of Britain a 99-year lease on the prosperous South China Colony. Mainland officials in the territory welcomed the donations saying the outpouring proved Hong Kong people a were  world Strong quake rattles capital of Yugoslavia from wire reports Belgrade Yugoslavia a an earthquake rocked the capital Friday sending residents running out of their Homes. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The official Tan Jug news Agency said the quake registered Between 4 and 5 on the Richter scale. The epicentre was believed to be near Belgrade. The Richter scale is a gauge of the Energy released by an earthquake As measured by the ground motion recorded on a Seismograph. Every increase of one number Means that the ground motion is 10 times greater. A temblor measuring 4 on the Richter scale can cause moderate damage. One with a magnitude of 5 can cause considerable damage. The seismological Institute in Belgrade said it was still trying to determine the magnitude and the epicentre of the quake which Shook the City at 12 45 . Local time. Wyli Bunker Giveaway Stockholm Sweden a the military plans to give civilians thousands of Concrete bunkers built along Sweden a East coast before world War ii news reports said. The bunkers were built As observation posts and firing Points in the event Sweden was drawn into the War. Sweden remained Neutral and now the bunkers have lost their military value National radio said thursday. Many bunkers Are located in vacation areas where thousands of swedes have summer cottages. Swedish army maj. Klas Holst said the bunkers could be used As Bee cellars or tool Sheds but not for living. The bunkers Are Damp he told the radio and Many have windows Only big enough for a machine gun. Turk leftist Leader killed Paris a a turkish leftist opposition Leader was shot and killed in Paris by unknown assailants police sources said Friday. Basa Yuvien 36, on thursday afternoon was killed with a single Bullet through the neck near the City a Rue de Locroi. Yuvien was suspected of being a Leader of the turkish terrorist group Dev sol. Cuba getting weapons Washington a a Cuba is still receiving advanced weapons from the soviet Union even though its Leader Fidel Castro has been resisting Reform a top state department official said thursday. Bernard Aronson assistant Secretary of state latin american affairs said Castro and his subordinates fear reforms would open the door to widespread changes that might threaten their regime. Although the soviet Union has reduced its Aid to Cuba slightly the Island nation continues to receive about $3.5 billion Worth of goods from the soviet Union annually Aronson told a House foreign affairs subcommittee. Cuba also continues to receive weapons from the soviets including advanced Mig-29 jets. An estimated $1 billion in equipment has also flowed from Angola to Cuba Aronson said. A the Dollar value has dropped slightly but the equipment is More sophisticated a he said. Soviet Aid to Cuba remains a major obstacle to better ties Between the United states and the soviet  of Rushdie novel stabbed to death Tokyo apr the translator of the japanese edition of Salman Rushdie a controversial novel the satanic verses was found stabbed to death Friday police said. Hitoshi Igarashi 44, an assistant professor of comparative culture at Tsukuda University was found dead on the University Campus Early Friday with slashes on his neck face and hands Tsukuda police said. Police officials who spoke on Condi Tion of anonymity said they were investigating they refused to say if they believed there was a link Between Igarashi a death and his translation of the Book. The scholar was an outspoken commentator on islamic issues. Rushdie has been in hiding since Iran slate Ayatollah Khomeini in february 1989 placed a $1 million Bounty on his head and called on muslims to kill the British author. Muslims claim the Book blaspheme their religion. Shortly after the translation was published Igarashi told Japan a Kyodo news service that he had received some Crank Calls but that he did no to care a because i have never done anything  University officials said they were unaware of any recen Crank Calls to Igarashi a office. Gianni Palma the italian publisher of the japanese translation was attacked by an angry Muslim during a news conference announcing the books publication in Tokyo in february 1990. Most japanese bookstores have shunned the japanese translation of the satanic verses fearing Muslim retaliation. The distributor Shinsei co., said it faced protests for several months after the Book was released but non recently. About 50,000 copies of the Book have been sold said a Shinsei employee who also spoke on condition of anonymity. The Book generally is sold through orders and is not usually displayed on Bookstore shelves